Top Stories from Advocate.com for 11/18/2023

[View this email in your browser]( Top Stories from [Advocate.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( [Mike Johnson: U.S. 'Dark and Depraved' Because So Many Teens Are LGBTQ+]( [Mike Johnson]The Mike Johnson hits keep on coming — in early October, the soon-to-be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives took part in a “prayer call” in which he said American culture was “dark and depraved,” partly because so many young people identify as “something other than straight.” [Read on »]( [Trans Boys Sue University of Missouri Over Denying Them Gender-Affirming Care]( [University of Missouri Sued Trans Boys]Two transgender boys have sued the University of [Missouri]( over its denial of gender-affirming care. [Read on »]( [Third Vote on Expulsion Looms for George Santos After House Ethics Report]( [George Santos Expulsion Vote Looms]In what is shaping up to be a defining moment for the U.S. House of Representatives, members are preparing for an unprecedented third vote on the expulsion of gay [New York]( Rep. [George Santos](. [Read on »]( [Guilty Verdict in Murder of Trans Woman Ahsid Hemingway-Powell]( [Ahsid Hemingway-Powell Guilty Verdict]An upstate [New York]( man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the 2022 death of transgender woman Ahsid Hemingway-Powell, also known as Chanelika Y’Ella Dior Hemingway. [Read on »]( [Florida Lawmaker Fabian Basabe Opens Up About Being Cleared of Sexual Harassment Claims by Male Staffers]( [Adrian Fabian Basabe Florida]Florida state [GOP Rep. Fabian Basabe]( wants media covering an investigation clearing him of sexual harassment accusations against male staffers. But he doesn’t want to be known as an LGBTQ lawmaker. [Read on »]( [Ex-Chicago Police Sergeant Guilty in Transgender Woman’s Sexual Assault Case]( [Ex-Chicago Police Sergeant Guilty Transgender Woman Assault]Former [Chicago]( police sergeant James B. Sajdak pleaded guilty on Monday to a misdemeanor civil rights violation related to the 2019 sexual assault of a [transgender]( woman, Tyshee Featherstone. [Read on »]( [Missing South Carolina Transgender Woman Found Dead. Her Family Has Questions]( [Shandon Platt Floyd Body Found]The lifeless body of a transgender woman missing in [South Carolina]( was found this week, and her family is disputing initial police reports that no foul play was involved in her death. [Read on »]( ['Rustin' Writer Julian Breece On Bringing a Black Gay Hero to the Screen]( [courtesy Netflix]Rustin is all about history. The [Netflix]( biopic centers the story of [Bayard Rustin]( a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. During Rustin’s lifetime, his vital contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were underplayed and erased due to his sexuality. But the film, directed by George C. Wolfe and [starring Colman Domingo]( beautifully restores Rustin’s place in the history books as a Black leader who was also proudly and openly gay. Today, Rustin is also making history as the first major studio film to have a director, star, and writer who are all Black queer men. Julian Breece (When They See Us) wrote Rustin’s story and cowrote the screenplay alongside [Dustin Lance Black]( (Milk). Breece spent years working on the project, conducting hours of interviews with loved ones and Rustin’s surviving partner, Walter Naegle. Ahead, he shares his insights into his process and the relevance of Rustin’s story today. [Read on »]( [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' Drag Ban Can't Be Enforced, Supreme Court Rules]( [Hamburger Mary]The U.S. Supreme Court won’t allow [Florida]( to enforce its drag ban. [Read on »]( [LGBTQ+ Cold Case Files: What Really Happened to Marsha P. Johnson?]( [Gay Liberation Activist Marsha P Johnson 1982 Pride March LGBT Greenwich Village Christopher Street 7th Avenue]Activist and drag queen [Marsha P. Johnson]( might be one of the most often discussed and well-known LGBTQ+ rights activists of the 20th century, but more than three decades after her body was dredged from the Hudson River, there are still no leads on how her life was cut short. [Read on »]( [Murders of LGBTQ+ People Often Go Unsolved. We're Telling Their Stories.]( [LGBTQ+ Cold Cases Police Tape]Out of the more than 300 transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming deaths due to fatal violence reported by the [Human Rights Campaign]( since 2013, about a third are still unsolved. [Read on »]( [Advocate Subscription]( [Advocate Channel]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Email](mailto:newsletters@pridemedia.com) Copyright © 2023 equalpride, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: newsletters@pridemedia.com Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.